I have finished my next story more quickly than I expected. The Crawling Hill is a crossover between the Laundry Files and Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There.

Unlike my other fanfiction, this story is rather graphic, but hopefully plausibly and not gratuitously.

I'm still uploading each chapter of The Hedgehog's Resolution weekly, but I've decided there's no need to wait four months to begin uploading The Crawling Hill.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80893301

#Fanfiction #TheLaundryFiles #Gate

Gelesen: The Regicide Report (2026) von @cstross. Mit diesem Roman geht die Reihe The Laundry Files nach 25 Jahren zu Ende. Es war schön, Bob und Mo nochmal in Action zu sehen.
#books #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #thelaundryfiles #bookstodon

@cstross

Hi! Love the post. Reader of #TheLaundryFiles series. (I get others interested by describing the scene in The Rhesus Chart where the poor office drone is confused by his having torn a steel door out of the wall.) The post had a minor factual error I wanted to point out. 

Pedestrians always have the right of way in the #USA unless they're on a pedestrian-barred interstate (>55 M.P.H. roads, often with concrete barriers). These are the federally-chartered post-WWII roads that were inspired by the German autobahns. The motorist is usually at-fault in court for any vehicle-pedestrian collision, but is only cited by the police if they clearly could have done something obvious to be more responsible. We even force drunk drivers to use a special license plate so other motorists know to call the police if that kind of a car is swerving or behaving strangely. 

Have a great day! 

Ein Tag, ein Buch: A Conventional Boy (2024) von Charles Stross. Der 14. Roman in der Laundry Files Reihe. Ein leider eher kurzer, aber wie immer sehr unterhaltsamer Ausflug, diesmal etwas meta und mit vielen Referenzen, die D&D Spielern gefallen dürften.
Das Buch beinhaltet auch die beiden Kurzgeschichten Overtime (2009) und Down on the Farm (2008).
#bookstagram #books #sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #thelaundryfiles #bookstodon
Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on quantum computers

Identical wording placing limits on the export of quantum computers has appeared in regulations across the globe. There doesn't seem to be any scientific reason for the controls, and all can be traced to secret international discussions

New Scientist
@brunty @cstross I was introduced to #TheLaundryFiles years ago by a friend at work (cc @Kardrath ). I'm not a big reader but I've read all the books (so far) at least twice and I'm on my third read though and still finding details I missed.

"Did you ever wonder why the 21st century feels like we're living in a bad cyberpunk novel from the 1980s?
"It's because these guys read those cyberpunk novels and mistook a dystopia for a road map. They're rich enough to bend reality to reflect their desires."

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2023/11/dont-create-the-torment-nexus.html

#CharlesStross #TheLaundryFiles #TormentNexus

We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus - Charlie's Diary

#TheLaundryFiles #NewManagement

@cstross I was determined to end my Audible subscription but The #Laundry Files - New Management book 03 - Season of Skulls was just too tempting to say no to. Can’t wait to get my teeth into it!

goddamn Charlie Stross managed to make his version of Bill Gothard even *more* evil, holy shit.

#theLaundryFiles